diff --git a/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 8178df93beb96a3a7538dae8d9a706380c06ecf8..5984524fdc8c596641e505897d16e12de78024cc 100644
--- a/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Include(FetchContent)
 FetchContent_Declare(
   Catch2
   GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
-  GIT_TAG        v3.0.1 # or a later release
+  GIT_TAG        v3.7.1 # or a later release
 )
 
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Catch2)